Window shade pull holder



1933- H. M. KOPFSTEIN WINDOW SHADE PULL HOLDER Filed Dec. 14, 1952 uNvENroR suitable spring steel sheet material.

Patented Nov. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES WINDOW SHADE PULL HOLDER Helen M. Kopfstein', Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application December 14, 1932 Serial No. 647,082

4 Claims.

My invention relates to a pull holder, and while primarily intended for window shades it will be obvious that the device may be employed for any other purposes wherein it is found to be applicable.

Important objects of the invention are to provide a A pull holder of the character described, which will effectively and securely attach the pull member to a window shade, which may be readily secured in position or removed therefrom without damage to the shade, and which facilitates the attachment of the pull member therewith or the removal of the latter therefrom.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of the class stated, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable and efficient in its use, compact, attractive in appearance, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that the latter is merely illustrative of an embodiment of the invention, and that the actual needs of manufacture and practice may necessitate certain mechanical variations. It is therefore, not intended to limit the invention to the disclosure thereof herein illustrated, but rather to define such limitations in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Figure l is a front view of a window shade provided with a pull holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front view of my improved pull holder.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary, cross sectional View of a window shade embodying the present invention.

Figures 4 and 5 are, respectively, front and side views of a modified form of the device.

Referring in detail to the drawing 1 denotes a window shade of any conventional type and construction, and including the usual stitched bottom hem 2. The latter carries and incloses the common wooden reenforcing slat 3 in the manner well known in the art to which the invention appertains.

My improved pull holder comprises an integral structure, which is preferably formed from any The pull member consists of a substantially flat body portion 4, which is preferably, though not essentially, circular in contour.

The body portion 4 is provided with a pair of rearwardly projecting attaching prongs, respectively indicated at 5 and 6, which are respectively disposed at the upper and lower ends of said body portion 4. The prongs 5 and 6 extend parallel to each other and declineat an angle relatively to the normal vertical disposition of the body portion 4 when the device is in the attached position on the window shade.

A comparatively wide and substantially hookshaped connecting member 7 is stamped directly from the central portion of the body portion 4, and projects slightly forward of the plane of the front surface of the latter. The lower end of the connecting member 7 is attached to the body portion 4, while the sides and upper end thereof are free from the latter. The upper end of the connecting member '7 is curved forwardly to form a lip 8 facilitating the connection of the looped upper end of the pull member 9 with the connecting member '7.

In attaching my improved pull holder to a win-' dcw shade, the prongs 5 and 6 are forced through the material of one side of the hem 2 and into the slat 3, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

In adjusting the window shade 1 the pull on the pull member 9 is invariably in a vertical direction. Owing to the declined angular disposition of the prongs 5 and 6, a vertical pull on the pull member 9 will tend to force said prongs toward their securing positions in the slat 3, and in consequence, the device cannot become disengaged from the slat 3 by a pull on the pull member 9 while adjusting the window shade therewith. It is apparent, however, that the device may be readily detached from the slot 3 when required or desired for any purpose.

The modified form of pull holder, shown in Figures 4 and 5, comprises a flat, circular body portion 10, provided with an upper prong l1 and a lower prong 12. The connected end of the latter is curved to form a pocket 13, which is adapted for receiving the looped end of a pull member. Aside from substituting the pocket 13 for the connecting member 7, the construction, attachment and use of the modified form of the device is identical to that herein before described relatively to the preferred form thereof.

The present invention provides a most efficient and attractive device of its kind, which may be cheaply manufactured, and which may be successfully employed for the purpose set forth without any discernible injury to the window shade structure.

What I claim is:

1. A pull holder comprising a flat body portion, a pair of rearwardly disposed prongs respectively carried at the upper and lower ends of said body portion, and a connecting element stamped directly from said body portion for connecting a pull member with thela-tter.

2. A pull holder comprising a flat body portion, a pair of rearwardly disposed prongs formed integral with respective upper and lower ends of said body portion, and means formed integral with said body portion for connecting a pull member with the latter, said prongs extending at a declining angle relatively to the normal vertical disposition of said body portion.

3. A pull holder comprising a fiat body portion, a pair of rearwardly disposed prongs respectively carried at the upper and lower ends of said body portion, and a connecting element stamped directly from said body portion for connecting a pull member with the latter, said prongs extending at a declining angle relatively to the normal vertical disposition of said body portion.

4. A window shade pull holder comprising a flat body portion, an attaching prong formed integral with the upper end of said body portion, an attaching prong formed integral with the lower end of said body portion, said attaching prongs being disposed rearwardly of said body portion and declining at an angle relatively to the normal "verticaldisposition of the latter, and a substantially hook-shaped element stamped directly from the central portion of said body portion and disposed forwardly of the front surface of the latter.

HELEN M. KOPFSTEIN. 

